AEK, who had Marko Livaja sent off in the second half, have no focuses and have been dispensed with from European rivalry subsequent to enduring a fifth-straight annihilation.

Tadic let go Ajax ahead with a 68th-minute punishment and fixed the win four minutes after the fact after the guests, who have won four titles in Europe’s head club rivalry, commanded their repressed opponents.

Wow. Dusan Tadic with another 2 goals as Ajax win 2-0 at AEK Athens to book their place in the last 16 of the #UCL. My, how #SaintsFC miss him this season. Great professional who is leading Ajax’s youngsters superbly. https://t.co/fYxUgfJnIR

Despite the fact that they delighted in the a lot of the ownership, Ajax neglected to make any odds before midfielder Donny van de Beek hit the post in the 63d moment after Tadic’s shrewd decreased from the cleared out.

English official Michael Oliver granted Ajax a punishment after Livaja took care of a free dismiss and sent from the Croatian with a second yellow card for the offense before Tadic serenely changed over the spot kick.

With AEK reeling, the guests conveyed the executioner blow as substitute Klaas Jan Huntelaar squared the ball to Tadic and the Serbia forward committed no error from eight meters after home manager Vasilios Barkas had gotten out of position.

AEK were denied a comfort in the end arranges when visiting manager Andre Onana created a great spare to keep out a roaring Lucas Boye shot from the edge of the penalty zone.

Defending Champions Real Madrid and AS Roma achieved the Champions League knockout stages previously kicking a ball on Tuesday after CSKA Moscow lost 2-1 in the wake of enduring a late crumple at home to Viktoria Plzen in Group G.

CSKA needed to win to have any possibility of reeling in the main two, who both have nine and meet later on Tuesday in Rome, and led the pack following 10 minutes with a Nikola Vasic punishment after Lukas Hedja had stumbled Georgi Shchennikov.

Good news already for Madrid – Plzen comeback to win 2-1 at CSKA means they qualify for knockout stages for 21st successive season.

The Russian safeguard at that point yielded a punishment at the opposite end just before halftime for a foul on Radim Reznik. Nonetheless, Russia’s World Cup goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev plunged on his right side to spare Roman Prochazka’s feeble exertion.

Prochazka compensated for that miss by beating Akinfeev with a miscued complete into the upper right corner 10 minutes after the break before Hedja got recovery of his own by heading in a cross from Patrik Hrosovsky to finish Plzen’s rebound.

Because of Viktoria Plzen’s win over CSKA, both @ASRomaEN and @realmadriden have qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League 💥

Sharing the highest point of the gathering on nine points every, this consequently turned into about seeding. Both had a considerable measure of damage issues, missing Edin Dzeko, Daniele De Rossi, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Javier Pastore and Diego Perotti. Real Madrid’s new Coach Santiago Solari left Isco in the stands, with Casemiro, Keylor Navas, Nacho, Alvaro Odriozola and Sergio Regulion inaccessible.

Lucas Vazquez unmitigatedly moved his hand towards the Aleksandar Kolarov flicked ball and slapped it, potentially inside the penalty region, yet whichever way the official waved play on. This will just heighten existing calls to have VAR presented for the Round of 16 in the Champions League.

Dani Carvajal required a frantic freedom under strain from Stephan El Shaarawy as Cengiz Under sprung the offside snare and whipped in a rigid cross, yet on that move the Little Pharaoh slipped and harmed himself. He needed to fall off a couple of minutes after the fact to clear a path for Justin Kluivert, the main other accessible assaulting player.

Robin Olsen needed to make an extreme spare with his legs, as Luka Modric’s exertion took a huge redirection, however Roma had a whirlwind of extraordinary chances.

Raphael Varane frantically figured out how to stop Kostas Manolas tapping in a corner, at that point there were four shots with hardly a pause in between.

0 – Real Madrid have not won any of their last seven games with Raphaël Varane in all competitions, losing six of them (D1). Surprising. pic.twitter.com/3sud8d3l2G

Carvajal utilized himself as a human shield on Federico Fazio, at that point Schick’s endeavor was fantastically denied by an outstretched Thibaut Courtois foot and Kolarov bored the subsequent wide.

Roma truly should have led the pack with the last kick of the half when Zaniolo moved crosswise over for absolutely plain Cengiz Under, who by one way or another figured out how to flame over from a yard with Courtois as of now on the ground. The youthful Turkey universal was distressed, reassured as he cleared out the field nearly in tears with Alessandro Florenzi.

Goals from Bale and Vazquez hand Real Madrid the win in Rome. A great second half performance sees Real Madrid through to the Champions League last 16 as group winners. Also nice to finally get a clean sheet. #RMUCL#HalaMadridpic.twitter.com/rJ7sJEBnih

Roma were made to pay for that inefficient completing and much more dreadful safeguarding, on the grounds that straight after the restart Federico Fazio’s horrendous back-pass skilled Bale the goal, sending him clear on the edge of the case.

Zaniolo compromised once more, driving a frantic Carvajal obstruct at the back post, however Bale went on the counter and Olsen did well to surge off his line to limit the edge.

As they have done before in the Champions League after a difficulty, Roma let their heads drop, got extended and were rebuffed again 10 minutes after the fact. It was another counter, as Bale drifted a cross on to the head of Lucas Vazquez moderately plain.

The Giallorossi went to pieces and were over and again gotten on the counter. There still could have been a goal back for them, as Kluivert jumped on a poor back-pass and figured out how to control the ball back over the essence of goal, yet Schick wasn’t there so as to meet it.

Kolarov got his body behind a Kolarov preview, however Roma had viably vanished from the amusement after the opening goal. They cleared out the field at the last shriek to boisterous and rather uncalled for scoffs, however a place in the Champions League Round of 16.

At last this was a fine draw for Manchester City thinking about how Maxwel Cornet’s 81st-minute second goal seemed to have gotten the win just for Sergio Agüero to adjust quickly and the main issue is Pep Guardiola’s men are through with a match to save.

All things considered, all rivals should ponder how Lyon took the battle to England’s bosses thus approached another triumph over them in the stage. City’s paper-thin rearguard were diminished to beginner status as the forward dashed in behind reestablish Lyon’s lead.

FULL-TIME | Top game against a top opponent!

The draw is enough to see us through to the knock-out stage of the #UCL!

Guardiola rolled out three improvements as Fabian Delph, Nicolas Otamendi and Ilkay Gündogan dropped out for Aleksandr Zinchenko, John Stones and Riyad Mahrez.

Lyon’s feature group news was chief, Nabil Fekir, breezing through a wellness test on an abductor issue so he could have his spot in a cutting edge close by Cornet and Memphis Depay.

After a pre-match light and laser demonstrate that had the Groupama resounding to shake music, City’s offered for triumph started with them safeguarding a Depay corner from the left. The ball came into Cornet and the guests shook for a minute prior scrambling endlessly.

Maxwel Cornet = 1st player to score 3 goals against Manchester City in this competition since Lionel Messi in 2016/17. ⚽️⚽️⚽️#UCLpic.twitter.com/HkkT3bEkJv

This was definitely the begin Lyon longed for and had the home fans getting it started.

Next up Ayemric Laporte was fortunate Gianluca Rocchi did not book him when the ref granted a free-kick for a cumbersome foul. Fekir, however, frustrated by skewering the exertion directly at City’s divider.

To the topic of who might fill the focal job emptied by the harmed Gundogan and Bernardo Silva Guardiola thought of an intriguing answer. Rather than beginning 18-year-old Phil Foden or the accomplished Delph in the compartment the chief requested that Raheem Sterling work there.

3 – Maxwel Cornet is the first player to score at least 3 goals against Manchester City in a single Champions League season since Lionel Messi in 2016/17 (4 goals). Fever. pic.twitter.com/vU2cZLqkbw

Lyon gave City their sole annihilation this season in September’s switch amusement and they were demonstrating why. Theirs was a quick and smooth assault that could do to Guardiola’s men what they cherish doing to rivals.

A prime representation came when Cornet found a plain Depay with the goal expanding however he mishit horrendously. City served their very own notice by means of a move that highlighted David Silva driving at Lyon and swapping goes with Sergio Agüero to verge on skipping in behind – yet the latter’s touch was too overwhelming.

Manchester City secured qualification to the Champions League last 16 with a game remaining following an entertaining 2-2 draw at Lyon.https://t.co/Z60yoZJGTM

Leroy Sané twice gave ownership away unnecessarily before Guardiola in another sign the City machine was yet to discover smooth rigging. After Fernandinho was reserved for overturning Depay Guardiola’s men pinned Lyon back for section at the same time, at that point, they ought to have surrendered.

The lightning Ferland Mendy overwhelmed Kyle Walker and pinged a traverse from the left. Cornet dallied yet still had room schedule-wise to beat Ederson yet Laporte some way or another interceded and City got away.

Cornet meandered in along the correct passage and uncovered City once more and Walker was alleviated to chest the ball to the security of Ederson. Significantly time this had been an engaging, open undertaking, in which City had scarcely compromised Anthony Lopes’ goal.

Guardiola may likewise have tested his resistance in regards to how Cornet was permitted to scissor-dismiss a volley from Ederson’s bar under no weight.

Manchester City will play Leicester away in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals after they beat Southampton on penalties in their fourth round match tonight. pic.twitter.com/mHp4rCusL1

At the point when the shriek at last blew City were eased to at present have equality. By this stage the last’s shape was a more liquid three-focus back one with Zinchenko in midfield when under pressure.

However a similar disengage hampered them while pushing ahead as the generally heavenly Silva hit a pass amiss when Agüero would have been in. So frantic were they to present Lopes some sort of issue that Sterling turned to a theoretical long shot and this went wide.

Notwithstanding when winning an uncommon corner Sané’s short wound to Silva finished in the last surrendering the ball and Lyon breaking. Whenever Bruno Genesio’s outfit advanced they fixed City effortlessly.

Depay gathered along the left and turned upward and found the correct ball in. This came to Cornet and after a minute to relentless himself he beat Ederson with a sweet 20-yard shot.

This had been coming all night. City’s reaction came immediately as Lopes beat Agüero’s endeavor out and Sané got in behind yet no partner could get on the finish of his cross from the left.

The majority of this had Guardiola pacing his region and he was going to turn in celebration. Sterling hit a skimming free-kick over from the privilege and this time Lyon were sleeping and Laporte balanced with a header.

Each side may have guaranteed the win in what was a hysterical wrap up. Presently all that remaining parts is which of these opposite sides beat the gathering standings – with City requiring just a point to make sure of this.

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